The Earth is beginning to experience the early stages of the wrath of Almighty God in terms of Earthquakes and other natural disasters. And we are moving towards a third world war that will go nuclear. The bible prophecies 'Palm trees of smoke' and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Joel 2:30 and 31. This is announcing the raising up of the 10 lost tribes of the House of Israel through judgement and massive destruction and loss of life. We are on the cusp of these things now (2013).

The following video series introduces some chapters from the Old Testament that describe these events in great detail. They are still awaiting fulfillment today. They include;

Isaiah 24 - Earthquakes

Isaiah 17 - Damascus destroyed, Jacob made thin

Zechariah 5 - God's curse goes into all the Earth. - Last Days Babylon comes together (wickedness returns to the land of Shinar).

Ezekiel 34, Jeremiah 23 - The idle shepherds and wicked of the 10 lost tribes of the House of Israel are cut down with fury poured out.

John 11- The Raising of Lazarus (which represents the Levitical Priesthood of Eleazar)

Before the 2nd Exodus of the 10 lost tribes of the House of Israel (Ezekiel 34, Jeremiah 20 and 23, Ezekiel 36 & 37 etc) we shall see massive earthquakes (Isaiah 24) that shall greatly change the world we know and drastically cut down the populations of the world including the Jews and the 10 lost tribes. During this time Jacob shall be made thin (Isaiah 17) with very few survivors. This is due to the wickedness within Israel, both Jews (House of Judah) and the 10 lost tribes of the House of Israel scattered in America and Australia etc.

This destruction occurs at the same time Damascus is destroyed. There is a link between Damascus and obtaining a bride for Messiah. Eleazar (Lazarus) is linked to Damascus and the theme of the bride.

After these shocking events the righteous remnant of the 10 lost tribes shall return to the land of Israel and join with the righteous remnant of the Jews that believe in Yeshua.

At this same time the Lord will pour out His Holy Spirit on all flesh in a greater way than in Acts chapter 2. This is the latter rain outpouring prophesied in Joel 2:30-31 which is coupled with palm trees of smoke and the moon turning to blood etc. At the same time last days Babylon shall come together as prophesied in the book of Zechariah chapter 5. All these events are birth pangs that precede the tribulation as prophesied in the book of Revelation. If you do not have a firm grasp of the Old Testament scriptures and prophecies concerning the 10 lost tribes of the House of Israel then you are unprepared to understand what is coming upon the earth and what we are about to witness now as the earth changes forever. Zion and Israel are rising through judgement. At the same time that God is raising up the remnant of the 10 lost tribes of the House of Israel, the Levitical Priesthood shall be personally reestablished by none other than Yeshua himself. This is alluded to through the raising of Lazarus (Greek form of the name 'Eleazar') as recorded in John chapter 11.

This video is 1hr and 43 minutes long and is broken into 15 minute segments due to youtube restrictions. In order to upload more than 15 minutes I have to agree to give them my phone number. I don't trust google/youtube for this reason because why do they want our phone numbers? Do they just want to sell us something or do they intend to round us up at gun point in the future? The request for our phone numbers is very in your face and suspect. We are to be as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves - Mat 10:16.

UK usersPlease Note, part 5 is blocked on youtube UK because I used a brief clip from another youtube video of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami where 250,000 people died in 14 countries in the Indian ocean.

Levitical Priesthood Raised during a period of judgement

The raising of Lazarus (Eleazar) shall occur during a time of Judgement via earthquakes and war when the moon turns to blood. We will discuss the Levitical Priesthood and the joining of the two Houses of Israel. So stay tuned. This is a birth by Cesarean, and Caesar wont be happy!

The main text will be Joshua 24 (especially the latter part), see if you can guess what is coming?

Joshua 24:29-33 29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.

31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.

32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.

Lets look at this account in greater detail;

Eleazar's Burial place in Mt Ephraim

The sleep of Death...

You will notice that later in last few verses of Joshua 24 that Eleazar was burried very close nearby. The implication is that when it is time to raise up the sons of Joseph/Joshua, the Sons of Eleazar will also rise because in someway they are joined.

How are they joined? Joseph got the birthright of firstborn. The birthright means that Joseph's descendants would be numerous and blessed above the other tribes. But Levi got the earthly Priesthood of Firstborn. In Numbers chapter 3 we see how the Levites are taken from amongst the children of Israel to replace the firstborn of each family and thus becoming the Lord's firstborn tribe in terms of spritual service in the earthly tabernacle and sacrificial system. So there is a definate link between Joseph and Levi in terms of First born, they each have a different aspect and portion of it. And Judah gets something too.

1 Chronicles 5:2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's.

Judah is linked also because he got the chief ruler, that is the Davidic line that brought forth Messiah. But Judah's burial place is not in the same area. Thus there is a stronger link between Joseph, Joshua and Eleazar in terms of where they were buried.

In a sense there are actually 3 houses

House of Israel(Birthright)

House of Levi(Priesthood)

House of Judah(Chief Ruler)

So again to repeat the basic idea, the raising up of the lost tribes headed by Joseph is going to be associated with the raising of Eleazar (Lazarus) and will be accompanied with Earthquakes. These Earthquakes will happen during a period of World War according to Matthew 24. The Priestly descendants of Eleazar (Lazarus) will be spiritually awoken (raised) and sent to Judah to bring reform to the 'House of Judah' in preperation for the return of the Sons of Joseph and the rest of the ten lost tribes of the 'House of Israel'.

In Matthew 24 we are told by the Messiah that leading up to his return there would be terrible violence through wars, nations rising up against nations and Kingdoms against Kingdoms.

The word translated nations is actually the Greek word ethnos, from which we get the word ethnic from. That is, there will be ethnic violence. This is coupled with war between Kingdoms. Together this phrase paints a picture of War on a global scale, that is, World War.

We have had two World Wars already and both were instrumental in returning Israel to the land. Now we are about due for another one that will see the return of the lost tribes. I have written about this extensively in other articles.

We are also told that there will be earthquakes in diverse places. This is already beginning to happen on a large scale.

Let's now look at the account of the burial of Joseph with earthquakes in mind.

Joshua 24:30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.

So we can see that the name Gaash where Joseph was buried was related to the word for the shaking of an Earthquake. You will remember that when Yeshua died there was an earthquake and many of the dead believers from the past rose from their graves.

Matthew 27:50-53 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.

Our redemption cost our Lord all that he had. It cost him his reputation, honour, His body, His Soul, His life. His death brought immediate life even before Yeshua rose again on the third day. Yeshua is the Ressurection and the Life and this is signified immediately at his death by earthquakes and resurrection!

Moon turns to blood

Now let's go back to the book of Matthew, to the Olivet Discourse in chapter 24. There are striking similarities to the time period mentioned here and the way our world is going at present.

Matthew 24:6-9 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

We are not yet in this scenario (as of November 2012). We have a rising number of earthquakes but we don't have civil breakdown through ethnic unrest or world war just yet. But that is surely not far away now.

All of this commotion caused by physical earthquakes will be happening during a period of judgement when sins have reached a tipping point. We are already in that time, but it is still not obvious to most. Soon we shall have even greater Earthquakes. Then the awakening will begin for the male descendants of Eleazar (Lazarus). The awakening of the Cohanim led by the descendants of Eleazar (Lazarus) will lead to the awakening of Levi as a whole and to the awakening of a remnant of Judah. The awakening of Eleazar is the beginning of the awakening of Israel. Once Eleazar is awoken then the entire two houses of Israel will be awoken as per John 11 as discussed in Part 3.

There is a vital difference in the time period that Yeshua describes in Matthew 24 and ours, and that is the presence of a temple in Jerusalem. Yeshua of course was speaking directly to the time period of his disciples when He mentioned the stones of the temple being pulled down. But the discourse moves onto the desecration of the temple as prophesied by Daniel which has not yet been fulfilled. It was partly fulfilled by the Greek invasion in the time of Antiochus Epiphanes when the Maccabees rededicated the temple. This is commemorated in the Jewish holiday called Chanuka or 'Dedication', a feast which is not commanded in Torah but one that marks a historical event where God helped the Jewish people to overcome their enemies. Yeshua attended the feast of Dedication with his parents.

So it appears that we are in a time very similar to the final birth pangs of the Messiah, the time of sorrows that Yeshua is pointing to. The difference is that at that time there will be a rebuilt temple functioning, and it will be desecrated. Then the woman which is the bride (believing Israel) will be scattered to the Judean Hills and the remnant of her seed (spiritual seed) shall be killed, Rev 12:17. This 'remnant of her seed' are the non Israelite believers amongst the nations. They may not be Israel according to the flesh but they are born from above and pay for their faith with their blood at the hands of the wicked.

We are at a period of time that will see the dissolution of the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand as we know it. We too will see the same sort of events in Matthew 24 including war, famines, earthquakes, persecution etc. But this will herald the return of the lost tribes and the building of the temple.

This temple shall be established in righteousness by a reformed Israel comprising of the two houses of Israel in an enlarged promised land after world war 3. The temples are always established in righteousness and destroyed through apostasy.

There are other reasons why there is going to be a return of the lost tribes after world war 3 which is before the tribulation. These reasons are related to the land of Israel having already been restored to an Edenic state before the Amos 9 invasion. Also the Gog Magog invasion occurs after the regathering of both Houses of Israel to greater Israel. This invasion is after WW3 but before the tribulation. Also the scriptures state that Israel is to possess the remnant of Edom. This has not yet happened. For the details why please read the Article titled 'The Rapture'.

Palm trees of smoke

Joel 2:30 - Palmtrees of Smoke

At the same time God will be pouring out his spirit upon Ephraim and the rest of the lost tribes. This is detailed in Joel chapter 2. It will be immediately followed by judgement when the moon turns to blood and the sun to darkness. Shortly thereafter the nations that the lost tribes are currently dispersed amongst, especially North America, Australia and New Zealand, will be convulsed by ethnic strife and terrible violence. There will also be pillars of smoke, which in Hebrew is literally palmtrees of smoke. Any large explosion, especially nuclear causes a palmtree of smoke. For more information on this see the following two blog posts.

Watch Awarta

It is very heartening personally for me that a remnant of the Jewish people despite all their trials are still holding on to the hope of a restored Israel.

And there are even some who pray for the restoration of the Cohenim, the sons of Eleazar and Itamar, the sons of Aaron.

It is very significant what happens on the ground. The fact that the tombs of the Cohenim are being visited is sign of the earthquake to come when Eleazar (Lazarus) is raised.

And when He is raised, so too will the house of David.

The general antagonism towards Yeshua amongst the rabbinic religious leaders will be met head on by the descendants of Eleazar when godlessness is driven from Jacob and the 10 lost tribes of the House of Israel are restored.

Therefore watch with special interest what happens in the Arab/Philistine town of Awarta where Eleazar and Itamar are buried. It was from this village that terrorist murderers attacked the Fogel family in the small adjacent Jewish town of Itamar. In affect the Arabs were unwittingly awakening the Cohenim.

Here is a brief excerpt from a large New Article that compares the encampment of Israel with the heavenly court and the role that Levi plays as the ministers of the Lord in the midst of Israel. This is also explains the relationship between the Church and Levi.

Levi and the 5th Encampment

Levi is right at the centre of the Israelite encampment. If the 12 tribes are arranged around the four sides of the tabernacle as in Numbers chapter two then Levi is with the tabernacle. If the 12 tribes are arranged in four encampments then Levi forms the 5th encampment.

The heavenly court has it's court officials. Caesar had his and Pharaoh had his ones including military men and magicians. And Lawyers and scribes are not far from the reigns of power either (God save us!).

We know that Satan, the accuser of the brethren stands before the Lord accusing believers, Revelation 12:10.

So Satan contests everything that Israel does. And he opposes members of the Body of Messiah.

Why is he at the centre of things? Who let the snake slither in under the door? What is a dragon doing in the throne room?

The Dragon is there to guard something, like a royal cup bearer. His job was oversight of God's house, just like Levi. Satan is well versed in law because that was his job. And like the Levitical sons of Korah he was a singer, Ezekiel 28:13. Except Satan became corrupted by his own perfection of beauty and lust for power and fame (Ezekiel 28:15-16, Isaiah 14:12-15). He became 'Leviathan' the twisting, piercing serpent, Isaiah 27:1. He twists things, he pierces, he hurts. The article 'The 5th Cherub' deals with the origins of Satan.

The constellation Draco at the centre of the North pole is a picture of the heavenly courtroom scene. See the illustration further down this page for details. This Zodiac map with Draco at the centre and the 12 signs around the outside is a heavenly representation of the Israelite encampment in Numbers chapter 2. Indeed the Israelite encampment is a picture of the Heavenly court.

The tribe of Levi essentially performs the same role of guarding the throne, protecting the Law, teaching the Law from a heavenly spiritual perspective, guiding the children of Israel as a mother. Judah meanwhile is more related to the details of Torah and how to make it work in the real physical world. But there is some crossover between the two. Yeshua is the perfect priest-king of a higher order, the 'order of Melchizedek' through the power of an endless life, Hebrews 7:16-17.

The tribe of Levi is at the centre of the Lord's court as his ministers, his court officials. Within the tribe of Levi, the line of Aaron and his sons beginning with Itamar and Eleazar are the Priests. The common Levites minister to the people but the Priests minister to the Lord. They are his in a special way. But they do not have their own tribal land, only cities.

If the table of Shew bread depicts the 12 tribes of Israel, then the 4 legs represent the four cherubim encampments. Then where is Levi, the 13th tribe on the table? Levi is what binds the tribes/loaves together, Levi is represented by the vertical supports that hold the loaves. Alternatively Levi is related to the various jugs and accessories.

Top of Pyramid - Seed of the Woman vs the Seed of the Serpent

Just as the Mountain of the Lord's House shall be raised up so too will the Bride rise to her Messiah.

She shall be standing on the moon and clothed with the Sun. She shall be obedient to Torah with the 12 stars about her head.

Indeed this is what the 15 songs of degrees, שיר המעלות, (ascent) are all about. This is symbolised by the ark rising 15 cubits above the mountains. The ark is a picture of the bride rising even as judgement comes upon the world. These Psalms are sung on the 15 steps of the temple during Sukkot. 15 is the numeric value of the name Yah, יה, the short form of the name Yahweh. The first letter, yod, יrepresents the masculine gender, the father, and the heh, הrepresents the feminine, the mother.

The fall feasts of Trumpets, Atonement and Tabernacles are all about the bride rising to meet her beloved when the New Testament comes in it's completeness and full atonement is made. At present we have entered into it but it is not until the latter rain outpouring of the spirit that the bride can make herself ready. She will be ready midway through the tribulation even as the Dragon is cast out of Heaven. He cannot contend with the Bride because she is perfect. He has no legal ground to touch her or her child (See article titled 'Manchild'). The bride is dressed in white just like the happy Israelite folks dress in white while keeping the feast of Tabernacles.

The Israelite Bride is related to the House of the Lord and the Tabernacle in this sense by being located in the middle of the 4 Cherubim and the 4 camps that make up the 12 tribes of Israel. The location of the House of the Lord at the centre of the 4 encampments is the 5th encampment. It is related to the 13th tribe, Levi. (Levi is the third son born to Jacob but when he is taken out from amongst the tribes to be the Lord's then He effectively becomes the 13th tribe and the Tribe of Joseph is split into two tribes, Ephraim and Manasseh.) The Priesthood of Levi are related to the serpent and Dragon and they contend with the Dragon, but it is only the Israelite bride that goes all the way to the top of the mountain with the Messiah. The Bride is made of the same sort of stuff as Levi in the sense that fire came down in Acts chapter 2 during Pentecost (Shavuot) which celebrates the Law coming down to Mount Sinai. But the difference is that the bride has a greater intimacy and revelation of Messiah and Grace (ה). The bride is related to the Dove which is a symbol of the Holy Spirit.

The New Testament epistles are really a set of love letters to Adat Israel, the Israelite bride part of the Church of the living God. And it here that we see the Pyramid symbolism with the 5th Cherub, the Israelite Bride, the Church (Adat Israel) is lifted up at the centre of the 4 cherubim and 12 tribes.

Thus all 12 tribes, including the lost 10 tribes must fully return to Zion before this can occur. Thus there will be a return to the land of Israel by the 10 lost tribes before the tribulation. (For more reasons on why the lost tribes must return to the land after World War 3 but before the tribulation see the article titled 'The Rapture').

Satan, the old devil and serpent is the former head of the order of Seraphim and Dragons. But he is unfit to rule because he is twisted (Leviathan the twisting serpent, Isaiah 27:1). The nearest akin to him in Israel is Levi, however Levi is righteous while Satan is wicked. As stated earlier it was through Levi that the Lord brought out the children of Israel from Egypt and the serpent of Moses/Aaron consumed Pharaoh's serpents. The Bride of the Messiah is of a similar kind to that of Aaron's line, but of a higher order. They may be made up of people from different tribes or even nations, but they are an entirely new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17) according to the spirit.

Perhaps you can begin to understand the vehemence of the hatred that Satan has for the true bride. For the moment, like Esther, her true Israelite ancestry is hidden but it shall be revealed in due course. Satan and his order is like Vashti that was cast out from being the Queen of the King (Queen of Heaven). The Hebrew word for 'Queen' is מלכה, Malcah (plural Malcut) is related to the word for 'Kingdom', מלכות, Malcut. The promise for Israel to be a Kingdom of Priests (Exodus 19:6, 1 Peter 2:9) is being fulfilled to the highest degree through the church (Adat Israel) which shall reign as the Queen of Heaven because the bride has become married to Her King, Yeshua, the Messiah who's priesthood is of the order of Melchizedek (Psalm 110:4, Hebrews 7:17). She is the primary vessel of the Shechina, the manifest feminine presence of God.

Soon God shall raise up the 'Levitical Priesthood' once more. I have been sitting on Part 3 of this series for a year or so before finally deciding to publish it because I didn't feel the unction to get it out there.

In a nutshell, the real historical account of the raising of Lazarus in Johnchapter11 prophetically prefigures the raising of the Levitical Priesthood led by Aaron's son Eleazar (Lazarus in Greek).

Yeshua is the one that issues the command for Lazarus to rise and He does this just prior to gathering Ephraim into the 'wilderness of the peoples' (Ezekiel 20:33-38) during the upheaval of World War 3.

The only place in the entire New Testament where the name 'Ephraim' appears is in the account of the raising of Lazarus. Lazarus helps bring many Jews to a knowledge of Yeshua. And the Levitical Priesthood that he represents helps cement the two houses of Israel together.

The two Houses are represented by Mary and Martha.

I have actually not put Part 3 in this blog, but put it in the following link below. For more information go to the Article Raising Lazarus HaCohen-this has Parts 1, 2, & 3.

Part 1 is just a general introduction concerning Yeshua who is the Resurrection.

Part 2 Introduces us to the Leader of the Levitical Priesthood, 'Eleazar'.

In Part 3 we will look at the gospel account of the 'Raising of Lazarus' in John 11 and it's prophetic symbolism of the Raising of the Priesthood.

We look at it systematically, verse by verse (or paragraph by paragraph), in an expository manner. You may need two or three sittings to get through it all but I think you will find it intriguing and encouraging.

This topic of the 'Raising of the Levitical Priesthood' headed by Eleazar ('Lazarus') should be of vital interest to any messianic Torah believer that understands the fact of the two Houses of Israel, both Judah and Ephraim. The raising of Lazarus will profoundly affect us all!

The Sleeper Must Awaken

It is a curious thing, the account of the Raising of Lazarus recorded in the book of John chapters 11 and 12. Why so? Well it is a pretty amazing thing to rise from the dead. It doesn't happen everyday. And like death itself, it's not something that you can get a lot of training in. Most people succeed eventually when it comes to death but resurrection happens much less often. That is why the account in John is so unusual. It only appears in this one Gospel! Did the other gospel writers simply forget to write about the greatest miracle in the ministry of Yeshua? Strange indeed. We have other accounts of people being raised from the dead during his ministry, for instance, Jairus's daughter, but the greatest miracle, the resurrection of a good friend during Yeshua's ministry is only mentioned in John.

Hmmmm, perhaps there is more to this Lazarus story than meets the eye. Firstly it is most assuredly fact. But why is it not included in the other Gospel accounts? To answer this, first we should ask ourselves a question, "why are there four Gospels?" Why are 3 very similar while the fourth is quite different. Ahh, good question.

In Ezekiel chapter 1 the prophet is brought or given a vision of the Heavenly court. There was a Lion, Ox, Eagle and a man (literally an 'Adam' in Hebrew).These creatures are also mentioned in the book of Revelation. They are related to the Israelite encampment in Numbers chapter 2. The Israelites were encamped around the tabernacle in 4 groups of 3 tribes each. In fact the talies of the numbers of these 4 groupings forms a cross. We won’t go into what these represent, which is another study all on its own. Suffice to say that the 4 gospels are related to the 4 Cherubim in Ezekiel chapter one, the Lion, the Ox, the Man (Adam in Hebrew) and finally the Eagle. Why so? Well each of the cherubim in Ezekiel look at the one sitting on the sapphire throne from a different perspective, 90 degrees apart and so do the gospel writers. Matthew sees Yeshua as the King, the son of David, that is, the Lion of the tribe of Judah. Matthew starts with a very Jewish introduction, a genealogy and concentrates on things pertaining to Yeshua’s earthly Davidic roots. Mark looks at Yeshua as the Servant Son. It is the shortest gospel, with only 16 chapters, it is not concerned with details or mystical things, just what Yeshua did, that is, Mark is looking at Yeshua as an Ox, a servant doing the work of the ministry his father has given him.Luke sees Yeshua as the Son of Man, he looks at him from the perspective of his humanity and adds many details in that regard. These first three gospels are called the synoptic gospels, that is, they are very similar. The final gospel, John is quite different in the way it starts, and its themes and what it concentrates on. All the other synoptic gospels, look at Yeshua from an earthly perspective, as a Lion (Matthew = Son of David), an Ox (Mark = Servant Son), and a man (Luke = Son of Man). John’s gospel is different, it looks at Yeshua from a heavenly perspective. It begins quite mystically looking at Yeshua as the Word, the very one that spoke the Universe into being. For when the Father spoke the Universe together, he created the Hebrew Letters and these Hebrew Letters from Aleph to Tav were personified in His Son. John’s gospel begins with a commentary on Genesis chapter one and shows us Yeshua’s pre-incarnate existence as the beginning of the creation of God and the very Word the came forth from the Father and created the Heavens and the Earth. So John looks at Yeshua from the Heavenly perspective of the Eagle! John looks at the big picture, the plan view that the eagle sees, things that cannot be seen from the ground level, things that are not seen in the other gospels related to the ground based creatures.Eagle (North)John Ox (West)Yeshua Lion (East)MarkThroneMatthewMan/Adam (South)Luke So it would pay to take notice to the gospel of John, taking special note of those things that are mentioned there that are not mentioned in the other gospel accounts. We will thus take special note of the story of the raising of Lazarus, an account which is of prophetic significance and only appears in the book of John. John sees from the Eagle's perspective. Before we do so let us note another connection to the 4 gospels, and that is the 4 species of plant waved before the Lord to the East, West, North and South. During Sukkot there are three varieties of plant that are held in the right hand, the myrtle, the willow and the palm (Lulav). But there is a fourth that is held in the left hand, a fragrant smelling fruit, the etrog. Thus the etrog, has a connection to the gospel of John, being different from the other 3 species which are held in the other hand. Again this is a topic all on its own but we don't have time to go into all the wonder details and connections here.Another group of 4 is Jacob's 4 'wives'. Jacob had 2 wives, Lea and Rachel, and two maidservants who also became concubines bearing 2 sons each. So Jacob is surrounded by 4 wives (2 wives & 2 concubines). For brevity I won't go into the details or how they relate for example to the Temple in Ezekiel 40 suffice to say that all these different groups of 4 in scripture speak of the same thing. Indeed any group of four in the bible will connect and map in a similar way.

But at least now you can begin to appreciate that John’s gospel account, like the Eagle that flies above is indeed unique and special. The four gospels are following a pattern. John is a gospel that looks at Yeshua from above, as the Son of God, that is, from the point of view of the eagle. It is like the Etrog, the most fragrant gospel, the most heavenly. It is the gospel of John that speaks so intimately of the comfort of the Holy Spirit. You could say that the gospel of John is the gospel closest to the throne. It is the gospel held closest to the heart of the king.

The Name - 'Lazarus'So we can now begin to focus on the topic at hand, the Raising from the dead of a man named Lazarus in John chapter 11 and 12, a dear friend of our Lord and Saviour, Yeshua. Firstly let us look at the name Lazarus. It is not by accident that he has a certain name and the name is mentioned. It has a meaning. This name, 'Lazarus' is not actually a Greek name, it is a Hebrew name that has been transliterated into Greek with a Greek suffix, ‘us’ added at the end of Lazar forming the name Lazarus. If you look at the Strong’s Concordance you will find this definition.

So who was Eleazar in the Old Testament? Well there was a man with a similar spelling and meaning in the book of Genesis, Abraham’s servant named ‘Eliezer’. It is spelt with an extra letter, a yod, but it means basically the same thing.

H461 אליעזר'ĕlı̂y‛ezer el-ee-eh'-zerFrom H410 and H5828; Godofhelp; Eliezer, the name of a Damascene and of ten Israelites: - Eliezer.

What was the purpose of this Eliezer? The answer, to get a bride for Isaac. This Eliezer, is Strong’s Hebrew number H461. Now the main Hebrew Strong’s number is H499, mentioned first. So where else does this name appear?The Exodus! God used the Levites, through Moses and Aaron to bring the Israelites out of Egypt. Now Aaron had four sons;

Nadab

Abihu

Eleazer

Ithamar.

Unfortunately the first two sons died offering strange fire (Leviticus 10:1). So then we were left with Eleazer and Ithamar. Eleazerwas given a leadership position of the priesthood in terms of oversight.

and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.

So the name ‘Lazarus’, is related to ‘Eleazar’ the priest. And also related to the servant that gets a bride for Isaac. These two rolls are of course related because the priest is a mediator between one person and another, for example the bride and groom. And the Levitical priesthood was such a mediator in a ceremonial sense. Of course ultimately there is one mediator between God and man, the man Messiah Yeshua.

But there is an earthly priesthood that bears witness to Yeshua. Infact John the baptist was a priest, his father was from the course of Abijah which is from the actual line of Eleazar! And when the priests are doing their job properly they bear witness to the Messiah for the roll of the priest is to teach Israel the Torah (Law). And we know that the Law leads us to the Messiah.When the sons of Eleazar are doing their job properly they will bear witness to the Torah and the Torah made flesh, Yeshua, just like John the Baptist. We read in the account of Lazarus that he bears witness to Yeshua after he is raised.

When the priests are walking with the Lord as they should they bring unity to Israel. We may all be familiar with Psalm 133 which focuses on Unity and it's relationship to the oil of God's spirit and Aaron the priest.

Psalms 133:1-3 A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

And there is so much that is prophetic in this Psalm and it is related the ressurection. But what I want to concetrate on is the fact that unity of Israel is determined by the Annointing Oil that flows down Aaron's beard. The Oil of course represents God's Spirit. But the tribe of Levi and the Priesthood of Aaron in particular are the coduits by which Israel is blessed spiritually. Now we know that Lazarus is Eleazar the Leading branch of the Cohenim, the Priests. And in the last days Yeshua will raise them up and they will bear witness of Him! Jewish people have a difficulty seeing Yeshua as the Messiah. Well the sons of Eleazar are going to help. When the ten lost tribes of the House of Israel are joined to the House of Judah, Eleazar will be right in the middle of them bearing witness to Yeshua. So let us now look at the Gospel Account of Lazarus in John chapter 11 in detail.

Yeshua is the Resurrection

A most amazing miraculous historical event happened nearly 2000 years ago. You would imagine it to be written about in major newspapers everywhere! What was this earth shaking event? Of course the greatest event was the Resurrection of our Lord and Saviour, Yeshua HaMashiach! We have four gospels and the entire New Testament scriptures that attest to this great event.Luke 24:1-10 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. 3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: 5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? 6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, 7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. 8 And they remembered his words, 9 And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.

There is no body of evidence to the lie that the disciples stole the body of our Lord. You will not find it here on earth. For He is risen, far above all principality and power (Ephesians 1:21, Colosians 2:10). And he reigns now in the Heavens and soon his Dominion shall come to this earth with the most potent and cataclysmic force. Even so Come Lord Yeshua Melek HaOlam.

In fact He already reigns in this world, but in a veiled way. Godless or proud unbelieving men do not recognize His judgment in their lives or nations, they just see events, not understanding that, Yeshua as God's son, the Image of the Invisible dispenses justice even in this world. But the earth is established in mercy so we don't see his judgments immediately, there is a time period before we reap what we sow. Nevertheless Yeshua will physically return to the world to take what is legally his. He will take possession of this world and take possession of his Vineyard and destroy those who would spoil the vines and mistreat his servants.Matthew 21:41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.Meanwhile down here Yeshua is at work. In our lives as believers. And so before He returns in glory he will build his temple, of which you and I are a part of if we have received him, if we are born of His Spirit and obey his commands (John 3:8, 14:15, Romans 8:14). Yes we are that temple, that spiritual house, a house not built with hands. Every stone has been cut and polished and gotten into shape in the quarry of this world. We are worked on individually away from the site of the temple as it were. We are being fashioned through affliction and trials of faith to be brought to perfection through his gracious word. Like Jacob, the things that are against us are secretly for us. He is bringing us to an end of ourselves. Bringing us to the cross, that place of self nullification, Isaac's resting place upon the altar. This is how perfect men are fashioned in the wilderness, that is another exciting story which is made plain in Numbers chapter 33, but I digress. Soon the temple shall be raised in one day, at the ressurection. That is what the Torah teaches us symbolically in Exodus 40:2.

שׁמות מ:ב בְּיֹומ־הַחֹ֥דֶשׁ הָרִאשֹׁ֖ון בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ תָּקִ֕ים אֶת־מִשְׁכַּ֖ן אֹ֥הֶל מֹועֵֽד׃Exodus 40:2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

The tabernacle of the body of Messiah, his people, his church (Kohelleth) will not be raised up until the tabernacle is completed. Or using temple terminology, the resurrection will not occur until every last stone is cut and polished to perfection, and all the various vessels are cast. The casting of the vessels of the temple of Solomon recorded in I Kings 7 is a picture of this.

מלכים א ז:מו בְּכִכַּ֤ר הַיַּרְדֵּן֙ יְצָקָ֣ם הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ בְּמַעֲבֵ֖ה הָאֲדָמָ֑ה בֵּ֥ין סֻכֹּ֖ות וּבֵ֥ין צָרְתָֽן׃1 Kings 7:46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.

These two places represent two events. Succoth represents the Millennial reign of Messiah, while Zarthan represents the piercing (Zar) of the Serpent/Dragon (Tan) which could either refer to Satan's defeat at the cross during Passover. Or it could refer to his defeat when the New Covenant comes into it's fulness during the future Yom Kippur. (When the Dragon, Leviathan, Satan - the accuser of the brethren is cast out of Heaven in Revelation chapter 12). We still sin, but the New Covenant is defined in Jeremiah 31:31 that we will never sin. We are clean positionally but we still fall in many ways in our corrupt flesh. Spiritually we are accepted but physically we are not made perfect. Yeshua has made atonement in Heaven, but there will be a time when it is brought into absolute perfection and we have a new body. This is perhaps alluded to in Revelation chapter 12 with the birth of the manchild, when a nation (Israel) is born in one day. When believing Israel becomes clothed in glory before the millenium, midway through the tribulation, the time of Jacob's trouble. This is tied to the promise to the over-comers of the church (Kohelleth) of Thyatira (Revelation 2). This is perhaps when our great King Yeshua suddenly comes to His temple. Again this is a topic for another discussion.

In any case the one who will raise the tabernacle/temple is Yeshua himself.John 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

Now the Lord of Glory, ('HaMelek HaCavod'), is the Messiah and He is risen and is clothed in his incorruptible Celestial, body. But there were others that have been raised from death, also. And this is the topic of this article. In fact we will be looking at just one individual in particular, a chap named Lazarus and to what his resurrection represents prophetically and it's implication for the return of the king to begin his Kingdom down here after the destruction of the Anti-Christ. The House of Judah and the House of Israel need to pay attention. Here is a clue.

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